5 Reasons for Greg McDermott

[stanzithemanzi12]

Let's just say I have a little birdy down south who told me Greg and Creighton haven't always seen eye to eye on salary.

1. Creighton pays him just $1.37M. Iowa probably would, and could double that right out of gates.
2. 60 years old. Has another decade in him.
3. Chip on shoulder factor. ISU fail, he's an Iowan.
4. Instantly recharges fan base, probably brings over a player or two.
5. Seasoned, excellent coach with Midwest recruiting ties.

 

[bojihawk44]

That's great, but it's not gonna happen.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

I appreciate your work....but that is not happening. Beth is 50. She wants to see a coach that can retire about the same time

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

If it ain’t one of two, I’ll eat my hat.

 

[RocknRollface]

Let's just say I have a little birdy down south who told me Greg and Creighton haven't always seen eye to eye on salary.

1. Creighton pays him just $1.37M. Iowa probably would, and could double that right out of gates.
2. 60 years old. Has another decade in him.
3. Chip on shoulder factor. ISU fail, he's an Iowan.
4. Instantly recharges fan base, probably brings over a player or two.
5. Seasoned, excellent coach with Midwest recruiting ties.

Really, that's pretty surprising. Why hasn't he left already?

 

[TailgateTom]

 

[denmar81]

He did good things at UNI but was a disaster at ISU. No thanks.

 

[Quarts]

No

 

[Hawkfan_08]

The rumors on him and Creighton have me worried more about DeVries going to Creighton than McDermott coming here. They have been circulating about 2 weeks on this board.

Plus, he doesn't have any sons left to play here so what good is that?

 

[stanzithemanzi12]

The rumors on him and Creighton have me worried more about DeVries going to Creighton than McDermott coming here. They have been circulating about 2 weeks on this board.

Plus, he doesn't have any sons left to play here so what good is that?

I'd want Mcdermott on a workout plan.

He's a great coach, but he's older.

If he can coach and recruit with energy for 8 more years, he's a much more proven and solid bet than DeVries.

I think a lot of it would come down to his health.

 

[spiderland]

I would have loved to see him and Hurley get into it at the end tonight and watch him beat the sh!t out of that UConn d!ckhead.

 

[fecal particulate]

That's great, but it's not gonna happen.

In support of this and as something I’ve posted before... I’m pretty sure Greg and members of his extended family are primarily ISU fans. I don’t think Iowa would ever really be a job he desires.

 

[ISUBryce]

McD makes 3 million a year.

Creighton also sells out a huge arena, has a passionate and wealthy fan base, and no football to compete with revenue sharing wise.

Creighton is a better job than Iowa or Iowa State and I don’t think it’s close.

 

[Underscore2]

I've heard he hates Iowa, like, the school in general?

 

[IChawkeye45]

He did good things at UNI but was a disaster at ISU. No thanks.

Creighton is so far out of Iowa’s league right now, it’s not even funny. Greg has turned down 4 million a year at a place like OSU. He’s a top coach in the Big East with Hurley and Pitino. Iowa would be lucky to get a phone call with him.

 

[LarryMullenJr.]

I've heard he hates Iowa, like, the school in general?

Money can cure hate. But I’d rather he not.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[BirdistheWord]

We could do worse but that seems like a really safe move with limited upside in truly changing the trajectory of the program.

 

[intrepodor]

That's great, but it's not gonna happen.

We can only watch Creighton beat UConn.

 

[TampaHawkfan]

Nah.. For whatever reason, he had no success at ISU. Four years, four losing records. Not sure why he did so poorly there, but he's doing much better at Creighton, obviously.

 

[Ad-Hawk]

Might as well start a "5 reasons for Phil Jackson" thread

 

[hawkirugged17]

Might as well start a "5 reasons for Phil Jackson" thread